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Longley, Michael.
Broken Dishes.
Publisher: Abbey Press, Newry;
Date of Publication: 1998
Stock Code: 8850
Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Octavo, pp. 29. Colour frontispiece of an Amish Quilt entitled “Broken Dishes”. Plain white card wraps in unclipped grey dust-jacket with black titles; white end-papers. Dust-jacket a little sunned. Near fine. 15 poems by acclaimed Northern Irish poet Michael Longley 1939-2025. Mostly elegies, some were previously published in literary periodicals. The name for the collection is taken from the Broken Dishes Amish quilt, which features in Longley’s poem of the same name. £50.00